The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-21


Receipts same day last year.. 1913 1887
F1NANcIAL-Money is in very active demand,
with hardly enough to meet all wants.
Domestic ECch0nge-EaSy. Banks and bank
ers are buying sight drafts at "a per cent dis
count and selling at u per cent discount to par
Foreign Erchanqe-The market is firm, but
steady. Commercial demand. 81 So; sixty days,
81 S0l1; ninety days, 81 1914; francs, Paris and
Havre, commercial sixty DAYS, Us 2715; Swiss,
S. 2S; marks, sixty days, 9436.
SEcURITIEs-The market is lifeess, but partly
because the offerings are so light. All desirable
stocks and bonds would bring full prices if for
sale. There is some inquiry for city bonds.
STOCKS. AND BoNDs-City Bonds-Atlanta 6
per cent long date, 10S bid, 10 asked; Atlanta
per cent, 1fe bid, 121 asked; Augusta per
cent long date, 107 bid, 10 asked: Augusta Us
long date, 108 bid, 40 asked; Columbus per
cent, 100 bid, 105 asked; Macon per cent,
January coupons 1919 bid, 102 asked; new
Savannah pei. cent, February coupons, 1914
bid 101N asked.
state Bords-Georgia new IS, 1885, 101 bid,
102 asked; Georgia new 41As, 106 bid, 1861
asked; Georgia per cent gold quarterly cou-
pons, 1864 bid, 1861 asked Georgia z per cent,
coupons January and July, maturity 1896, 100
bid, 121 asked
Railroad Stocks-Central common, ex-divi-
dend l19 bid, 1870 asked; Augusta and Savan-
nah per cent guaranteed, ex-dividend 100 bid,
1872 asked; Georgia common, 1893 bid, 20l
ex-dividend 124s4 bid, 1855 asked; Central 6
per cent certificates, ex-interest 9914 bid, 9934
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock,
100 bid, III asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
per cent certificates, ex-interest 101 bid, 1902
asked.
Railroad BondS-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway Company general NOR gage D
per cent interest, coupons October, III bid
112 asked Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated I per cent, coupons January and
July maturity 1897, III bid, liz asked !;
Central consolidated mortgage Z per cent,
T., T,,1.v ,of,. it,
1104 bid, Ill asked Georgia railroad IS 1897
106 bid, 10S asked; Mobile and Girard second
mortgage Endorsed per cent coupons January
and July, maturity 1859, lO4 bid, 1O5 asked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage per
cent. Endorsed by Central railroad, 105 bid
100 asked; Marietta and North Georgia first
mortgage, so years, 8 per cent, 1OOA bid, 1O115
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first
mortgage, 1l019 bid, l1113 asked; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage 109
bid, 11016 asked Western Alabama second
mortgage Endorsed s per cent. 1O6 bid, 10Y
asked; South Georgia and Florida Endorsed,
11S bid, 100 asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta
and Knoxville first mortgage 7per cent, 11l16
bid, l1216 asked; Gainesville jefferson and
Southern first mortgage guaranteed, 115 bid,
1862 asked; Gainesville, Jefferson and South
ern not guaranteed, 1l3 asked; Ocean
Steamship q per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad, l0334 bid, 1919 asked; Gaines
vile, jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, 113 asked Columbus and Rome
first mortgage bonds, Endorsed by Central rail
road, 1906 bid, 107 asked; Columbus and
Western per cen5 guaranteed, 100 bid, 10
asked City and Suburban railway first mort
gage per cent, 107 bid, 10S asked.
BdJtE StockS-Nominal. Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia, 1893 bid, 202 asked; Mer
chants National Bank, 1862 bid, 1855 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, SO bid,
100 asked; National Bank of Savannah, 100 bid,
12i asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany, 107 bid, 1903 asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock, ex-
dividend 20 bid, 2016 asked; Mutual Gas Light
stock 20 bid. % asked.
BAcoN-NIarl1et nominal; demand good;
smoked clear rib sides, 9l4c; shoulders,
none; dry sailed clear rib Sides S16c; long clear,
63Bc; bellies, s4c shoulders, none; hams, 13c.
BAGGING AND TIEs-Market steady. We
quote: Bagging-2l lbs, SQS14c; 2 lbs, 7ss@
11Gc; IA lbs, 7(0714c, according TO brand anu
quantity. Iron ties--Arrow and other brands,
none; nominal, 81 % per bundle, according to
brand and quantity. Bagging and ties in retail
lots fraction higher.
BUTTER Market steady; choice Goshen, 21c;
gilt edge, .220e25c; creamery, 30c.
CABBAGE-AIarket bare; too high to handle;
nominally, Northern. 11@ 12c; imported, 13@14c.
CHEEsE-Market steady; fair demand. We
quote, 116114c.
CoFFEE-The market is higher. We quote:
Fancy, 22c; choice gle; prime 2Olsc; good zoe;
fair, i916c; ordinary, 1sl6c; common, 1sc.
DRIED tRUTr-Apples evaporated, ll1sc;
peeled, nc. Peaches, peeled, zoe; unpeeled,
b@7c. Currants &c. Cftron, 25c.
Dry GooDs-The market is very firm. stock
and further advances are looked for.
We quote: Prints; 4D6c; Georgia brown shirt
ing, 81; 41Sc; 7s do, SEC; "A brown sheeting,
o19c; white osnaburgs, s1s09Jsc; checks, GAO
&c: yarns, s5c for best makes; brown drlllings,
6t60D7l6c.
FisH-Llght demand on account ofs high
prices. We quote fun weights: Mackerel--No.
l. $40 90; No ., half barrels, nominal, 81 OO@